Some have stated that with the advent of a passing game now that we have Henne, the Wildcat has seen its last days. I say that the Wildcat has become even more dangerous now that we have a passing game. No longer do we have to rely on the WC for an offense, we can now use it to supplement our offense. I think this makes it more deadly as a change up to our offense. Honestly I believe that Tebow would be the answer for the WC that we were looking for in Pat White. The problem I have is in spending another 2nd rounder on a qb. I would give a 3rd for Tebow, but I believe he will be gone by then. Tebow can line up as a FB or TE. You put him in the WC with Ronnie, Ricky and Polite, then you have yourself a super nasty version of the WC. JMO

Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:28 pm

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

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Yea that Ricky Williams sure has lost a step.... LOLWhatever.

Some have stated that with the advent of a passing game now that we have Henne, the Wildcat has seen its last days. I say that the Wildcat has become even more dangerous now that we have a passing game. No longer do we have to rely on the WC for an offense, we can now use it to supplement our offense. I think this makes it more deadly as a change up to our offense. Honestly I believe that Tebow would be the answer for the WC that we were looking for in Pat White. The problem I have is in spending another 2nd rounder on a qb. I would give a 3rd for Tebow, but I believe he will be gone by then. Tebow can line up as a FB or TE. You put him in the WC with Ronnie, Ricky and Polite, then you have yourself a super nasty version of the WC. JMO

I don't think we should be using any more picks on WildCat guys. I don't have a problem with taking a guy like Dexter McCluster, or Jacoby Ford, Brandon James, etc. All those guys could be lethal in the WC, but at least they can do other things on the offensive side of the football, and special teams.

I sort of agree with you about it becoming more successful. I don't think we will see it as much as Henne continues to develope, but when we do, you're right, it will be a very good change of pace, and should see a lot of success.

Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:08 am

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

Ronnie is hurt every year. Ricky wore down towards the end of season. He is best when he is splitting the load. This team needs to be able to score more points through the air, or get a homerun threat at RB like Spiller. It was pathetic to see the team score only 23 points against the Colts, despite holding the ball for 45+ minutes. A devastating running game should mean huge plays on play action passes, but that isn't happening for the Dolphins. We have plenty of picks to shore up the defense. We spent a mint on Dansby. Give Henne a big, physical target (Bryant) or give the coaching staff a breakaway threat like Spiller.....

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:36 pm

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

FrustratedFinFan wrote:

Ronnie is hurt every year. Ricky wore down towards the end of season. He is best when he is splitting the load. This team needs to be able to score more points through the air, or get a homerun threat at RB like Spiller. It was pathetic to see the team score only 23 points against the Colts, despite holding the ball for 45+ minutes. A devastating running game should mean huge plays on play action passes, but that isn't happening for the Dolphins. We have plenty of picks to shore up the defense. We spent a mint on Dansby. Give Henne a big, physical target (Bryant) or give the coaching staff a breakaway threat like Spiller.....

You get too much into the total number of points scored.

Answer this: Would you rather score 23 points, but limit the opponent to 25 minutes of TOP, or score 27 points, but allow the opponent 35 min. of TOP??

Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:37 pm

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

Phins Rock wrote:

FrustratedFinFan wrote:

Ronnie is hurt every year. Ricky wore down towards the end of season. He is best when he is splitting the load. This team needs to be able to score more points through the air, or get a homerun threat at RB like Spiller. It was pathetic to see the team score only 23 points against the Colts, despite holding the ball for 45+ minutes. A devastating running game should mean huge plays on play action passes, but that isn't happening for the Dolphins. We have plenty of picks to shore up the defense. We spent a mint on Dansby. Give Henne a big, physical target (Bryant) or give the coaching staff a breakaway threat like Spiller.....

You get too much into the total number of points scored.

Answer this: Would you rather score 23 points, but limit the opponent to 25 minutes of TOP, or score 27 points, but allow the opponent 35 min. of TOP??

I'm not sure where you're going with that....but to Frustrated: only 23 points? The Colts had less than a quarter to score more than 3 touchdowns. That's the offenses fault?

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:49 pm

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

Yes....only scoring 23 points after possessing the ball for 3/4 of the game is the offense's fault...geez....

Yes, the defense stunk too.....doesn't make our offense any better, does it?

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Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:35 pm

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

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Yes....only scoring 23 points after possessing the ball for 3/4 of the game is the offense's fault...geez....

Yes, the defense stunk too.....doesn't make our offense any better, does it?

Our offense held the opponent to 14:54 time of possession, and you're going to blame them for the loss??

While the threat of Ricky & Ronnie is always promising going into a season. One more season of no playoffs or a first round loss & next season (2011) will probably bring in new blood at the running back position & with 1 playoff appearance under their tenor (that being a home loss) we will look back at this so called r&r express as just another list of running backs as what could have been & what should have been. Im afraid that with no post season sucess Ronnie Browns tenor here will be looked at as injury prone & never fulfilling his potential & Ricky will always be remembered for destroying his career as well as adding to the downward spiral prior to the 2008 season. Now if this franchise should finally win something with them , Dolphin history might be kinder to them.

Not to get away from the topic of this thread , the video was cool.

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All the talk we do in the offseason is meaningless when actually watching real game footage. Ahhh. Thanks PR. Reminded me why I love this team. That catch Ronnie made against SD was so sick nasty.

Your on point. Reality Check......man i still love Ronnie and want him to be a Phin forever. Thanks for the vid PR.

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Re: The best of Ronnie and Ricky in 2009

MIAcubano13 wrote:

hypocritex wrote:

All the talk we do in the offseason is meaningless when actually watching real game footage. Ahhh. Thanks PR. Reminded me why I love this team. That catch Ronnie made against SD was so sick nasty.

Your on point. Reality Check......man i still love Ronnie and want him to be a Phin forever. Thanks for the vid PR.

*** I have to redeem myself, no more Spiller love......All about Ronnie and maybe McCluster to help with the wildcat and a breath for R&R.

Thanks. Appreciate it guys.

I agree. CJ Spiller is a complete smokescreen. I think Miami will use him to try and trade down.

I love McCluster. It would be tough spending a 2nd rounder on an offensive player, but McCluster would be one of the guys I would be looking for. Sparano loves him from the Senior Bowl, he's extremely versatile, tough for a little guy, and like you said he would be awesome in the WildCat.